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Glass home: Flasks, bottles and general 'forest glass'.

Glass object

flask; inghistera flask

Accession number: 16641
Collection place: Venice, Italy
Production date: 1466-1535
Material: glass
Measurements: H 161 mm
Museum Section: Post-Medieval
Summary: Colourless with green/brown tinge; bubbly metal. Complete neck and upper body, flaring to rim with mould-blown vertical ribbing, stopping 10 mm from rim. Found in cellar, 1939.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Related publications

Tyson, Rachel, Medieval glass vessels found in England c.AD1200-1500 Council for British Archaeology Research Report 121 York: CBA, (2000). Pages: xii; 212 p.; illISSN ISBN 1902771125 (Object details: p 130 no g309, published)

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